(1) This document provides guidance for a self-learning module on advocating for change. It discusses dealing with challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and using one's strengths to help address issues in their personal life, family, school, and community. (2) The module encourages learners to complete activities exploring how they can use their body parts and abilities to help overcome challenges. It also has them create an advocacy campaign through a poster, slogan, or poem to raise awareness about an issue they care about. (3) Learners are tasked with sharing how they will advocate for positive change regarding themselves, their family, school, and community. The goal is to help learners recognize their

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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 4 – Module 12:
How To Advocate Change
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2. Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 7
Quarter 4 Module 12: How to Advocate Change
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Department of Education. Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module 12:
How To Advocate Change. Manila: Department of Education Central Office,
2021.
Published by the Department of Education
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Homeroom Guidance Grade 7
Quarter 4 – Module 12:
How to Advocate Change
Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga
Ang modyul na ito ay sinulat upang higit na magkaroon ng kamalayan ang
inyong mag-aaral tungkol sa kahalagahan ng kanyang mga karanasan sa paaralan at
komunidad, positibo man o negatibo ang mga ito. Sa tulong ng modyul na ito, makikita
ng mag-aaral na ang mga “challenging experiences” ay maaaring maging “learning
experiences.” Inaasahan na maibabahagi niya ang kanyang natutunan sa kanyang
mga kapwa-tao lalo na sa mga katulad niyang mag-aaral. Sa pamamagitan nito, mas
malilinang ang kakayahan ng mag-aaral at kanyang mapapagtanto na ang mga
karanasan na ito ay may malaking tulong sa pagkamit niya ng pang-akademikong
tagumpay. Ito ay dinesenyo para sa “distance learning” o alternatibong pamamaraan
ng pagkatuto na hindi nangangailangan ng pisikal na presensya sa paaralan, bilang
tugon sa direktiba na pagkansela ng “face-to-face class” dulot ng pandemyang
COVID-19.
Maaaring may mga pagkakataon na hihingiin ng inyong mag-aaral ang inyong
patnubay sa pagsunod sa mga tagubilin at pagsagot sa mga tanong sa bawat bahagi
ng mga gawain at maging sa pagkakaroon ng mga kakailanganing materyales base
sa nakatakdang gawain. Hinihiling ng Kagawaran ang inyong suporta upang
matagumpay niyang maisakatuparan ang mga gawaing ito. Ang araling ito ay
makakatulong upang hubugin ang kanyang kabutihan na tanggapin ang pagkakaiba-
iba ng bawat tao sa katangian, kakayahan, damdamin at pananaw. Tiyakin na
sasagutin niya ang bawat bahagi ng modyul nang tapat hangga't maaari, kapag siya
ay sumasagot sa mga gawain at pagtatasa.
Kinakailangan din ang long folder na magsisilbing Portfolio ng mag-aaral sa
Homeroom Guidance. Dito isisilid lahat ng gawaing natapos sa bawat bahagi ng
modyul. Tiyaking ito ay magagawa nang tapat at maipapasa sa petsa at oras na
itinakda ng kanyang Gurong-Tagapayo.

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Introductory Message
For the Learner:
This module is designed to help you recognize your important role as a young citizen
in the community. Put your thinking cap on because you will be tasked to identify the needs of
others and your community to be able to share what you can do to address them. Remember,
in your own little ways, you can do great things!
This consists of six interactive activities for you to follow, namely:
Let’s Try This – which will help you get ready to learn
Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn for this module
Keep in Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and understand
in this module
You Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons learned in this module into real
life practice
What I Have learned – which will test and evaluate your learnings in this module
Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your thoughts
and personal point of view in this module.
Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are ask to do.
Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

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Learning Objectives
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. enhance one’s strengths and abilities in solving personal and social issues;
2. demonstrate optimism and adaptive behavior in dealing with life challenges
to bring positive changes in the community; and
3. create an advocacy campaign on community development.
Period: Week 4 - 6 of 4th Quarter
Suggested Time Allotment: 180 Minutes
Materials Needed:
Pencil/Ballpen
Bond papers/ sheet of paper
any coloring materials
Let’s Review
In the last quarter of Grade 7 modules, you were able apply lessons learned from
school, community and barangay in your daily living.
Introduction
As you go through life, you will face different challenges. These will test your ability to
deal with personal problems as well as issues concerning your family or community.
Your strength lies within yourself. You can successfully overcome challenges if you
understand your strengths and weaknesses, know what you need to succeed, and take action.
This module will empower you to develop and participate in advocacies that will bring positive
change to your life and others. As a learner, you can do your part in making communities in
which you live a better and safer place. The truth is that, no matter what you share, the gesture
can make you feel good and empowered.
MODULE
12
HOW TO ADVOCATE CHANGE

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Let’s Try This
Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes
I Can Overcome Challenges!
One of the major challenges that our country has faced is the COVID-19 pandemic. Through
this activity, share how you were able to deal with this challenge.
1. List down the significant challenges and changes that you’ve observed and
experienced during this pandemic:
2. Then, share ways on how did you cope with these challenges and changes.
3. Copy and complete the table on a sheet of paper. Then, answer the processing
questions.
CHALLENGES THAT
YOU HAVE OBSERVED
HOW DID YOU COPE
WITH THESE
CHALLENGES
PERSONAL (SELF)
FAMILY
SCHOOL
COMMUNITY
Processing Questions:
1. Briefly share your experience while completing the activity.
2. How do you feel after the above activity?
3. Why does knowing one’s challenges important?

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Let’s Explore This
Suggested Time Allotment: 25 Minutes
Body Parts
No matter how big or small, as long as we are willing to help, that’s what really matters.
Knowing your strengths and abilities as well as keeping a positive behavior are powerful tools
to be an advocate for change.
Below are your body parts. Think ways on how you can use them in dealing with issues
and challenges that you may face or in helping others. Complete the activity on a sheet of
paper. Then, answer the processing questions.
YOUR BODY
PARTS
HOW YOU CAN USE IT IN DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
HANDS
EYES
SHOULDER
LIPS
FEET
HEART
EARS
BRAIN
Processing Question:
1. What have you discovered in the above activity? Why is it important to be able to
deal with the challenges and help others?
2. How does helping others or receiving help make you feel?
3. How did these activities helped you in dealing with the challenges in the future?
Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 20 Minutes
Challenges in life could be the problems or struggles you go through by yourself
or with others. Example of the challenges is the COVID-19 pandemic that we are
facing right now. In this part of our lesson, you will be allowed to tap your inner
strengths or qualities that you have that needs to be discovered I order to help others.
Helping others makes you feel good during these times of problems or challenges and
you also get satisfaction from knowing you have helped. Here is an acrostic of self-
advocacy and community in increasing our knowledge on how to help others and the
community.

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My Self – Advocacy
A – ware of my thoughts, feelings and behavior.
D – iscover more of my abilities, interests and strengths.
V – alue my beliefs and good morals taught by my parents.
O – pen myself to opportunities
C – apable to protect myself from any harm and danger
A – dapt positively to change and improvements
C – are for my body, mind and soul
Y – earn for continuous growth
I am an advocate of a peaceful community.
C – onnect myself positively to people in my community
O – bserve the needs of my community
M – indful with the feelings of others
M – otivate myself and my family and peers to participate in community outreach or activities
U – se my talents and capabilities in serving the community
N – avigate my spare time to ways that may benefit the society
I – nspire my peers to always do our best that may benefit others
T – reat other people with utmost respect
Y – earn for harmony and unity
I love my Community
You Can Do It
Suggested Time Allotment: 60 minutes
Advocacy Campaign
In order for you to connect yourself to people in your community, you need to make
some action. To help contribute on the advocacy campaign, let us focus on a problem/issue
you care about and make a poster, slogan or poem that can be the form of your strategy to
just impart a message you need others to hear. Pictures and words together can illuminate
and convince to make change.
You can make use of your clean bond papers and crayons or any coloring materials
that can help you for your campaign. After making your poster, slogan or poem proceed in
answering the following processing questions:

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Processing Question:
1. Why it is important to have your advocacy campaign for challenges?
2. Do you think your poster or project done may inspire others? Why?
3. In what other ways you can extend your help to others in your community?
What I have learned
Suggested Time Allotment: 30 Minutes
“I am an Advocate for Change”
1. Share your advocacy or promise on how you will use your strengths and capabilities
in facing or solving issues, challenges or changes concerning the following:
• Myself
• Family
• School
• Community
2. Complete the activity on a sheet of paper.
Share your Thoughts & Feelings
Suggested Time Allotment: 20 Minutes
My ways to accept life’s Challenges
In a piece of paper, draw a face mask and write your ways on the following:
1.
Write your own little way on
how you accept challenges in
the family

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2.
3.
Write your own little way on
how you accept challenges in
the community.
Write your own little way on
how you accept challenges in
school.
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